Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

It was almost noon.

The man and woman on the bed woke up slowly. She was awakened by the heat. In her sleep, she felt that she was surrounded by a furnace. Waves of heat swept over her body.

Her arms were sore and her waist was painful as if laboring for a whole day. It was very uncomfortable and she couldn't even be bothered to move.

Her throat was extremely hoarse from last night's unrestrained singing. "You..." As soon as she spoke, she felt that something was amiss. She realized that her voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

Ruby chose to purse her lips and remained silent.

Jasper was not a heavy sleeper. Last night, he was the one who slept the most soundly. He was also the one who felt the most at ease and satisfied. When he felt the movements under the blanket, he asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" In the early morning, his voice was magnetic and low. His hoarseness was not because he had been speaking for a long time, but because he had not fully woken up in the morning. It was a very pleasant voice. He opened his eyes sleepily and subconsciously pulled her into his arms. "You don't want to sleep anymore?" Because her voice was unpleasant, Ruby did not answer. She only nodded in his arms. "Yes." "Are you feeling unwell?" Under the blanket, Ruby felt her hand intertwined with his fingers. The other hand held his other hand and placed it on her bare waist. The meaning was very clear. Her waist was uncomfortable.

She buried her head in his chest and pretended to be ignorant. She was a little shy, and the red ink on her face spread again.

Jasper took in her actions and lowered his eyes to look at her cute appearance. His heart started to itch again.

He placed his broad palm on her waist and rubbed it gently. He said in an apologetic tone, "I'm sorry. The music is DJ. Kind of loud. | lost control." Most of the music last night was DJ. Such music by DJs was always loud and made people lost in its rhythm. Last night was so high. Under the dissipated atmosphere, the cells in his body all lost control. Coupled with the combination of the two types of music, their emotions reached their peak.

His massage was very gentle. After a while, Ruby felt that her waist did not feel so sore anymore. The heat on her face scattered a little. She asked gently, "Aren't you going to work today?" "I'll go later. Are you still feeling unwell?" Ruby shook her head and suddenly remembered that she was in his room. She urged, "Get up quickly. Liam will clooking for us later." "Yes," he replied readily, but his body did not move. Instead, he hugged her even tighter. "How many times did you callJazzy last night? Huh?" The last tthey were in the studio, Ruby deliberately called him Jazzy. In the end, the man in front of her said that she could call him Jazzy, but not in normal times. It was only at a special moment.

It was not until last night that she finally understood the special moment that the man meant. She was joked and bit his chest.

He groaned and frowned, but he did not push her away. He indulged her and let her vent her angry love. A few seconds later, Ruby pulled back and looked at her masterpiece in satisfaction. Her teeth marks were all over his chest as if this man had been branded by her.

Jasper lowered his head to look at the shallow and neatly arranged teeth marks on his chest. He reached out to touch them and asked, "Ruby, | want to tattoo your nhere." Ruby looked up and met his serious gaze. She sensed that he was not joking. She did not expect him to have such a romantic idea. She was very touched, but she did not want him to do this. She reached out and hugged him, leaning her cheek against his chest. "No, | don't agree." Jasper lowered his head and kissed the top of her head. He asked, "Why?" She stretched out her index finger and tapped his chest with her fingertip. She said seriously, "As long as you havehere, | can feel it." Whether he loved her or not, it could be seen from his eyes. Otherwise, she wouldn't have waited for so long.

Ruby thought it through very clearly. She only wanted Jasper to have her in his heart. If he didn't love her, so what if his entire body was engraved with her name? Moreover, she liked his body to be intact and perfect. As she was thinking, her hand touched an uneven place on his chest.

She could not care less. Without hesitation, she pulled the blanket down. Jasper did not stop her. She would find out sooner or later. It was too dark last night and she was in a daze. It was normal that she hadn't noticed it.

Her fingers rubbed against a scar on his chest. It was not deep, a very faint scar. Ruby frowned and asked, "When did you get this wound?" From the wound, she could tell that it was very deep at that time. She could even see traces of stitches with her naked eyes, but it was faint now.

She began to recall. Before Jasper could say that he was fine, the smart Ruby had already thought of the twhen this scar would fall. She looked up at him guiltily. "You were injured that day, right?" Seeing that her small eyes were wide open, he lowered his head and kissed her eyelids, trying to divert her attention. He said gently with a smile on his lips, "You're not getting up, hm? Aren't you afraid that Liam will clooking for you?" Seeing that he was about to change the topic, Ruby asked again in a domineering tone, "You lied tothat day.

You were injured, right? This injury was caused by those people last time." He smiled and comforted her when she refused to let go. He pinched her cheek and put his arms around her. "I'm better now," he said casually. "I just don't want you to worry, you know." He couldn't bear to see her cry.

After saying this, Ruby could not help but cry. Her eyes were twinkling, and tears blurred her vision and moistened his chest.

He gently raised his hand and used his lips to bring away the warm tears on her cheeks. He comforted her, "Silly girl, why are you crying? Don't cry. Baby, I'm fine." At that time, Ruby had believed his words. In addition, Natalie also said that it was just a superficial wound. He walked briskly like a healthy man, dispelling all her doubts. She placed all her concern on Liam and did not care much about him. "Why are you so stupid? | always thought that you were just a light wound. Can you showif there are any other injuries?" Seeing the worry on her face and the tears in her eyes, his heart ached. Other than cooperating, there was nothing else he could do. Fortunately, the scars on her body had been removed with ointment. Otherwise, she would be heartbroken to see so many scars.

If he had known that she was in so much pain, he would have listened to his mother's surgery to remove this scar. Jasper regretted it a little.

He sat up, and she also sat up with him. She pulled up the blanket and carefully examined every part of his body, from top to bottom. The atmosphere was originally quite serious. "What about your lower body?" He wanted to tease her when he heard this, but when he saw her worried gaze, he obediently got up from the bed and even obediently turned around so that she could see it. "No, it's just this scar. It's not that serious." After the examination, she felt relieved. Little did she know that the other scars had been erased. Ruby reached out to pull his arm into the blanket and said solemnly, "Jasper." Seeing that she was extremely serious, he did not dare to joke around. He replied seriously, "Yes, tell me. I'm listening." "In the future, no matter what happens, you can't hide the good and the bad from me." She hoped to share weal and woe with him, not leaving him alone to carry the burden while she was enjoying a peaceful life.

Jasper's heart softened when he met her serious eyes. He could not help but rub her head and agree. "Yes, | understand." "Are you getting up?" He wiped another tear from her eye. "I was wrong. Don't cry." When she met his nervous gaze, she could not bear to be angry for too long. She was not angry at all but felt heartbroken for his suffering. He always hid everything and presented the best side of himself to her. He hid everything he had endured and did not explain.

"What about my clothes?" She pouted her cute lips and pinched his nose as punishment.

In this second, her phone rang. She turned to look at the caller ID that kept jumping. It was from her father. She gestured for Jasper to keep quiet. "Hush." Then, she swiped the answer button and adjusted her tone. "Daddy." Jasper smiled and gently lifted the blanket to get out of bed. He went to the wardrobe to get her clothes. After the two of them got together, he bought clothes of various seasons, all of which were her favorite styles.

Her clothes were hanging in the wardrobe. There were all kinds of styles like pants, skirts, and jackets in all weather, demonstrating the differences between different seasons.

Seeing that she was on the phone, he picked out a suit made by Ruby and put it on. She pulled up the blanket that had slipped off and stared at his back in a daze until the other end of the phone called out to her, "Ruby, is there a problem with the signal?" At this moment, Jasper turned to look at her. He pointed at the clothes and asked her which outfit she wanted to wear. He walked steps away and showed her the wardrobe. She saw a cabof clothes. They were all her favorite colors. Her heart felt as if it had fallen into a honey river. It was extremely sweet. She raised her hand to indicate that she would wait.

"Dad, I'm listening. Tell me." Hackett thought that his daughter had just woken up and was a little blurry. "It's nothing. Daddy just called to ask why you slept in the sroom as Liam." For a moment, Ruby did not react to his father's words. When did she sleep in the sroom as Liam? She slept with her boyfriend last night.

Could it be that the well-dressed man had discussed it with Liam? That shouldn't be the case. Liam never closed his mouth. In this aspect, he was very similar to his father.

She anxiously asked Jasper with her eyes. She coughed and asked Jasper, who was picking up her clothes, to turn around and communicate silently.

Ruby mouthed, "Did you ask Liam to tell my father that I slept in the sroom with him?" Jasper stared at her delicate lips and watched as she opened and closed them. After understanding the question she wanted to ask, he suddenly leaned over and placed one hand on the edge of the bed. He leaned close to her ear and taught her how to answer. "Just say yes. Liam might be spouting nonsense." "Ruby." By the tshe realized what was happening, Jasper was already on his feet and heading for the bathroom as if nothing had happened. "Yes, that's right. He's still asleep. he drank too much last night. I'm worried about him." She talked to Hackett for another ten minutes and told her parents to have fun and not worry about her. She also said that she would go to the Landor family at night to help them with their homework.

Rose was overjoyed when she heard that. She praised Ruby for being sensible and said that whoever married Ruby would be the luckiest person in the world.

She could hear Rose's loud voice and Sherri's boasting over the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Jasper handed the clothes he had chosen to Ruby. "Is this one okay?" The style was a little brisk, but Ruby quite liked it. It was a casual off-white suit. Jasper even helped her match it with a black undershirt. There was also a round light plate ear stud on the side of the shirt.

"Sure."